It ate at me — I hated that I was giving up. I lambasted myself for not having the strength to keep going. It was a tough time, I can’t lie. It was also somewhat unceremonious, too. Things were said, feelings were hurt and relationships will either never be again, or never be the same again.
But then, right when I needed it, up steps John McFaul. The same chap who gave me some golden advice 15 years ago that’s constantly fuelled me in my career, posted about quitting too. In that moment, his words were:
“I guess you have to quit your way to the life you want.”
Suddenly I didn’t feel as bad, or as alone, or as guilty. I actually felt great, because deep down I knew it was something I had to do to get back on the way to the life I wanted. It wasn’t me failing, letting people down or anything else I was leading myself to believe.
If you need to, quit. It’s not as scary as it seems.
